Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA COURTS AND JUDGES - Judges - application for disqualification of trial Judge - apprehended bias - whether reasonable apprehension that trial Judge might not bring unprejudiced mind to resolution of case. R v Watson (1976) 136 CLR 248, applied Livesy v New South Wales Bar Association (1983) 151 CLR 288, applied SCI Operations Pty Limited v Trade Practices Commission (1984) 2 FCR 118, applied Vakauta v Kelly (1989) 167 CLR 568, applied Galea v Galea (1990) 19 NSWLR 263, applied Kaycliff v Australian Broadcasting Tribunal (1989) 90 ALR 310, applied Hassam Khadem v B A Barbour (1995) 38 ALD 299, applied
CONTRACTS - offer and acceptance - whether speech at convention amounted to offer to give franchisees extended tenure in exchange for consistent achievement of certain standards - whether language of speech was that of present offer - unilateral contract - whether offer could be retracted once offeree commenced act of acceptance - whether purported act of acceptance was commenced in response to offer - whether specific performance available where promisee has been prevented by promisor from completing acts of acceptance. Abbott v Lance (1860) Legge 1283, discussed Veivers v Cordingly [1989] 2 Qd R 278, discussed Daulia Ltd v Four Millbank Nominees Ltd [1978] 1 Ch 231, discussed Errington v Errington [1952] 1 KB 290, discussed Australian Woollen Mills Pty Ltd v The Commonwealth (1954) 92 CLR 424, applied Colley v Overseas Exporters [1921] 3 KB 302, applied Heyman v Darwin Ltd [1942] AC 356, applied Plaimar Ltd v Walters Trading Company Ltd (1945) 72 CLR 304, applied Automatic Fire Sprinklers Pty Ltd v Watson (1946) 72 CLR 435, applied City Motors (1933) Pty Ltd v Southern Area Super Service Pty Ltd (1961) 106 CLR 477, applied Bolwell Fibreglass Pty Ltd v Foley [1984] VR 97, applied Hotham v East India Company (1787) 1 TR 639 (99 ER 1295), distinguished Peter Turnbull & Co Pty Ltd v Mundus Trading Co (Australasia) Pty Ltd (1954) 90 CLR 235, distinguished Foran v Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385, distinguished
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